The targets are usually young Asian females, approached by young men who ask to borrow their smartphones, then flee with the expensive devices. Scenarios like that have played out in Richmond 16 times since mid-September, but Vancouver police say phone theft is a rapidly increasing problem nationally and internationally and is hitting their jurisdiction as [...]

CALGARY — Parks Canada officials are saddened by the loss of their third bear this month after a black bear was struck by a train Tuesday near Field, B.C. The death of black bear No. 9, an adult male, comes only 21/2 weeks after two grizzly cubs were killed along the tracks Oct. 5, just [...]